tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333078797879411990.post2571734984296737123..comments2015-02-07T13:40:58.310-05:00Comments on Apple's Tree: Uncertain FutureApplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07193646109965731249noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333078797879411990.post-88302924165456958922007-11-20T10:52:00.000-05:002007-11-20T10:52:00.000-05:00Your post certainly hits home. I have already wri...Your post certainly hits home. I have already written one to be published for Thanksgiving that talks about how giving away family artifacts to appropriate historical societies is sometimes the best option.<BR/><BR/>JaniceJanicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17476918537317701594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333078797879411990.post-88175981135191110522007-11-14T18:02:00.000-05:002007-11-14T18:02:00.000-05:00Another concern is when you are the "end of the li...Another concern is when you are the "end of the line" within your family. I am looking for cousins and even historical societies for some of the photos, documents and other items I've inherited from cousins who don't have direct descendants.Moultrie Creekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06262511977546570966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333078797879411990.post-59307321740877032532007-11-14T08:13:00.000-05:002007-11-14T08:13:00.000-05:00Thanks for the mention. Your post brought back so...Thanks for the mention. Your post brought back some funny and not so funny memories for me:<BR/><BR/>- I remember when my great-grandmother was getting up in years. All the family members started writing their names in pencil on the bottom of items - even to the point of erasing someone else's name. My mother had the last laugh since Grandma left all of it to her.<BR/><BR/>- If anyone needs help with cleaning out a house after a loved one is put in a nursing home or dies, contact me. I mean emotional and intellecual support - I don't do heavy lifting anymore. I cleaned out my partner's aunt's house with 60 years worth of accumulations. I set up an organized system of having relatives review items, then hired a woman to hold a 3-day estate sale on the premises. Within a month we had a cleaned out 2,100 sq. ft house - the woman even arranged for a charity to pick up what wasn't sold.<BR/><BR/>I also had to clean out my mother's house last year when she went into a nursing home. This was difficult emotionally but rewarding at the same time.Thomas MacEnteehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925130637060406529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333078797879411990.post-50928521641864965112007-11-13T22:04:00.000-05:002007-11-13T22:04:00.000-05:00I've been thinking for a while about what would ha...I've been thinking for a while about what would happen to my "stuff" - not just the family history but all the pictures and the things that really only have meaning to me. It makes me sad to think about it but I know it is something that needs to be done.Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08074730861618500334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333078797879411990.post-19632916051548076862007-11-13T20:05:00.000-05:002007-11-13T20:05:00.000-05:00You certainly got me thinking. I'm still dealing w...You certainly got me thinking. I'm still dealing with the stuff I got when my mom died. It wants me to put it away for posterity but I don't know where to put it. I envision spending the cold winter months to come photographing and cataloging my share of mom's stuff. I'm already wishing I'd taken my camera and photographed some of the things my brothers got before they took them home. I haven't given any thought to what would happen to my own personal stuff. I'm hoping to publish books on "collections of stuff", just because it's so easy to do such things these days. Much to think about. Much to do.Jasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561520746304048996noreply@blogger.com